Exhibit 99.1

              Analog Devices Announces New Board Member

   NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 2005--Analog Devices, Inc (NYSE:
ADI) today announced that John C. Hodgson, Senior Vice President and Chief
Customer Officer for DuPont, will be the Company's newest board member.
Effective September 13, 2005, Mr. Hodgson will join the board as a class II
director with a term to expire in 2007. Mr. Hodgson joined DuPont in 1966 and
has held a number of leadership positions within the company, serving as a
general manager since 1979, group executive since 1998 and an executive officer
since 2002. Mr. Hodgson has broad-based, global business experience in sales,
marketing and general management. In addition, Mr. Hodgson brings a close
familiarity with the semiconductor industry which stems from his role in leading
DuPont's successful Electronic Materials business unit for 10 years during which
time the unit became a leading supplier in the global electronic materials
segment of the electronics industry. As a member of DuPont's Office of the Chief
Executive, his experience includes leading DuPont's five major business
divisions and global functional leadership for marketing and sales, sourcing,
Six Sigma and information technology. "John's long-standing leadership at DuPont
and his experience managing one of the world's best known and most admired
brands make him a key addition to our board of directors as we grow to become a
larger, more complex organization." said Ray Stata, Chairman of the Board. Mr.
Hodgson will serve on the Analog Devices board's Nominating and Corporate
Governance committee. He also serves as a director of the American Chemistry
Council and the Delaware Center for Justice. Additionally, he is the chairman of
the strategic planning committee of the United Way of Delaware. He is a graduate
of the University of Tennessee.

   About Analog Devices

   Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which
Analog Devices has built one of the longest standing, highest growth companies
within the technology sector. Acknowledged industry-wide as the world leader in
data conversion and signal conditioning technology, Analog Devices serves over
60,000 customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment.
Celebrating 40 years as a leading global manufacturer of high-performance
integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications,
Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design and
manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices' common stock is
listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "ADI" and is included in
the S&P 500 Index.


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effects of building inventories to meet planned growth that fails to
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cycles, raw material availability, availability of both internal and external
manufacturing capacity, technological and product development risks,
competitors' actions and technological innovations, and other risk factors
described in our most recent Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 30,
2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     CONTACT: Analog Devices, Inc.
             Maria C. Tagliaferro, 781-461-3601
             maria.tagliaferro@analog.com